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Photo blog: a Lowveld welcome to our new Bushwise students
The beginning of each new Bushwise course fills the Lowveld air with anticipation and excitement. Not only for the newest intake of field...
Bushwise
Jul 19, 20223 min read


A 5,000-star safari camping experience
Sleepout on a Bushwise course, a rustic safari camping experience, is something you’ll remember your whole life. Trainer Darryn Murray...
Bushwise Trainer
Jul 14, 20224 min read


Tips and tricks from a Bushwise student
As we begin the next Bushwise IFGA Safari Guide course, alumnus Gareth Jones has some words of wisdom as a Bushwise student. Let’s hear...
Bushwise Student
Jul 12, 20223 min read


Winners of Safari Guide of the Year 2022
The Safari Guide of the Year 2022 competition was nothing short of spectacular. The five finalists spent the week showing off their...
Annie DuPre
Jul 7, 20223 min read


Prepared, excited and now a Bushwise graduate
BY Brody Merles, Bushwise graduate Camp manager blogs are written by our current students who each get a chance to lead and manage a...
Bushwise Alumni
Jul 5, 20223 min read


African wild dogs: the painted carnivore
Writing and photos by Annie DuPre, Bushwise Copywriter, currently pursuing her master’s in conservation studying African wild dogs on...
Annie DuPre
Jun 30, 20223 min read


My game path through the African bushveld
Bushwise IFGA Safari Guide students forge their own game paths as they grow in their careers. Elmar Kleinhans shares his experience in...
Bushwise Student
Jun 28, 20223 min read


From field guide to field guide trainer
Bushwise trainer Wayne Lubbe is based at our Mahlahla campus, near the Greater Makalali Game Reserve. In this post he tells his story of...
Bushwise Trainer
Jun 23, 20223 min read


Becoming a field guide in the African savannah
BY: Luke Potterton Camp manager blogs are written by our current students who each get a chance to lead and manage a group (of their...
Bushwise Student
Jun 21, 20223 min read


From new graduate to field guide student
BY Juandre Grobler, Bushwise field guide student Camp manager blogs are written by our current students who each get a chance to lead and...
Bushwise Student
Jun 14, 20223 min read


What Bushwise means to me
BY Jordan Fourie, current Bushwise student Camp manager blogs are written by our current students who each get a chance to lead and...
Marketing Team
Jun 7, 20223 min read


My life on a Bushwise field guide course
Bushwise student Rian Gouws talks about his choice to join the Bushwise IFGA Safari Guide course, and how it’s opened his eyes to many...
Bushwise Student
May 31, 20223 min read


Learning the language of the bush: Cybertracker track and sign
Track and sign with Cybertracker is a valuable and wonderful part of Bushwise IFGA Safari Guide training. Bushwise students learn...
Bushwise
May 26, 20223 min read


Lifelong memories on a Bushwise course
Divan Mclachlan and Heindre Gericke, students on a Bushwise course, recall some of their favourite experiences so far – including...
Marketing Team
May 24, 20224 min read


How do birds get their colour?
A question many of us have asked ourselves at some point in time: How do birds get their colour? Bushwise trainer Wayne Lubbe brings his...
Bushwise
May 19, 20223 min read


My favourite wildlife sightings in the African bushveld
Throughout his time on the Bushwise Professional Field Guide course, Kieth Windy has had some incredible wildlife sightings. Camp manager...
Bushwise Student
May 17, 20223 min read


Animal social structures – solitary or gregarious?
In this blog, Nico (trainer with Bushwise and finalist for Safari Guide of the Year 2022 ) describes animal social structures. ...
Bushwise Trainer
May 12, 20224 min read


Fauna and flora, one species at a time
Bushwise student Petri Oberholster shares how he’s learning to identify the nearly endless species of fauna and flora you’ll see in the...
Bushwise Student
May 10, 20223 min read


Field guide jobs and career paths: where do I go from here?
If there’s one thing we know about field guides, it’s that there’s no “one size fits all” field guide job . You might think, but a field...
Bushwise
May 5, 20225 min read


The wild dogs are in town – call the pup-arazzi!
It’s not every day that a pack of African wild dogs appears in the middle of your game drive. Bushwise student Lauren Noakes shares her...
Bushwise Student
May 3, 20223 min read
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